IRVING, Texas — Now that Adam “Pacman” Jones is really back in the NFL, he insists he will try to do everything he can to stay there.
The cornerback-kick returner was fully reinstated Thursday from his 17-month NFL suspension, which followed an accumulation of arrests and legal problems, and is cleared to play for the Cowboys during the regular season.
“I am fully a Dallas Cowboy,” Jones said. “I don’t have it lingering over my head — will he get reinstated, will he not get reinstated? I just have to keep myself out of bad situations like I have been doing the last six or seven months.”
Jones said that includes “surrounding myself around the right people and staying out of gentlemen’s clubs, having a great relationship with God and spending more time with my family.”
Injured Texans player walking
HOUSTON — For the first time since injuring his neck and spine last week, Texans receiver Harry Williams has walked by himself.
Williams, who suffered a cracked vertebra and severe ligament damage in his neck last Friday during a preseason game against the Cowboys, told Houston television station KRIV: “I started walking today. I brushed my own teeth today, sat up in a chair today, fed myself today. I’m doing good, man.”
Doctors have said it’s unlikely Williams will be able to play football again, something the 26-year-old said he accepts.
Footnotes.
Kurt Warner will be the Cardinals’ starting quarterback tonight in their preseason finale against Denver, but coach Ken Whisenhunt said no decision has been made yet about who will start the opener at San Francisco. Warner has been battling Matt Leinart for the starting job.
• The Buccaneers signed defensive end Patrick Chukwurah, a former Bronco who played at the University of Wyoming.
• The Ravens signed former Wyoming quarterback Casey Bramlet.
• A pregnant woman has sued Jaguars receiver Dennis Northcutt, claiming he arranged for his cousin to beat her up. Sharri Henry, who claims to be four months pregnant with Northcutt’s baby, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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